, 1887-06-01

celebrated master at that time, whose school
was in Bloomsbury. Mr.. Sass was uhfortu-
nately i'll; and he must say he got little or
no instruction from him. But he was placed
among companions who were mulch older than
himself, SOME very clever ~draughtsmen among
the number, and he improved by looking at
their work and obtaining their criticism upon
his own work. Here he should like to say
that he could not too strongly insist dpoii
the advantage students might be to one
another. He did not undervalue the infu-
ence of O. tutor or master, but the master
could not always be at a pupils elbow whet ii
he might have 40 or so students to attend to.
At Mr.. Sass's he worked hard, very hard for
50 young q boy, and made great progress.
From that school he got into the Royal AGA
denny as o. ~probationer, and after passing q
qualifying examination, he became a student.
AS the youngest student he remembered one
duty in connexion with those early days
He was told off by the other students daily
to obtain their luncheons for them. daughter
He had to collect from 40 to so pence from
his companions and go with that hoard to a
neighbouring bakers and purchase as many
buns. (Laughter) He had an eye to bust
ness even in those days, for he got q commits
sion upon the transaction. Naughter9 He al
ways got a bun for himself granddaughter
and cheers, and the good-natured baker
gave him his best bun-a bath bun, value I'd.
In the very first year of his studentship he
entered for a prize, d medal given for the best
drawing in the antique, and failed by one vote,
SO that he could thoroughly sympathize with
those students who were not taking prizes
that night. The next year he again tried,
and to his joy and astonishment he won a
first of three prizes. Since then he had
tried for many medals, and be hoped they
would not think it immodest in him to say
that he had always won them, because it was
q simple fact. ICheers.
In acknowledging q vote of thanks, SIR JOHN
MILLAIS said he wished to say a few words
upon art. On all occasion of this kind his
brother artists invariably spoke of the great
work of the Greeks, or they went back to the
italian masters in the middle ages, and spoke
also of the English school, as represented by
Sir Joshua Reynolda, Gainsborough, and
Hogarth. He felt it q privilege to have an
opportunity of referring to q branch of modern
art with which they were oil familiar. He
alluded to illustration. He had been a humble
pioneer in that direction, and he was succeeded
by very great illustrators-Fred. Walker,
Pinwell, and Caldecott. He considered these
men had done a wonderful work in the direc.
ton of illustration that had hardly been
recognized OFT It's proper value. Some of the
weekly publications contained such remarkably
good art that he was proud to call attention
to it. He would first instance Punch.
(Cheers.) There was the veteran Tenniel,
whom he remembered as one of the best an
tique ~draughtsmen in the Royal Academy.
They would observe from Tenniel's cartoons
the admirable training the man had had. And
then there was Du Maurier ; could anything
be more charming than the beautiful English
women and girls, those fine young athletes
and guardsmen whom he placed in society or
in Rotten'row2 Hear, hear:) Then, turn
over the page and look at Charles Keen's,
work, his rustic parson, bis gardeners and
railway porters. Look at the perspective
of his railway lines and those trim little bits
of English scenery which he delighted to
draw. Then there was Sambourne, who was
remarkable in his line of work, distinguished
entirely from the others, and also Furniss.
Cheers. Although he was himself a painter,
he was bound to own candidly that a great
many of our fine pictures would be forgotten
when the works of these men would give
pleasure; they were the history of our time,
as Hogarth's were. But not alone in Punch
was this excellence of modern illustration.
Look at the Graphic, look at the illustrated
LOndan NeWs; and the works those papers
contained. Those marvellous drawings of
Woodville-the spirit and go and the mastery
over difficulties. Then Overend and Bartlett
were excellent artists. and he couh Irnauk;nu,